[ZenGum]

IMHO the silliest part is that Australians almost never use the word "ho". We may call them whores, pros, sluts, sex-workers (polite) or even hookers, but ho is very rare. The only exception is teenage males who ape the American urban gangsta image. But they're (a) try-hard wannabe fakes and (b) unlikely to be visiting Santa anytime soon.